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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Yorker—Early Days 1926-1928.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does White travel to after disappearing from the New Yorker?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Maine.

2. What car do White and Howard Cushman use to travel around the country?
(a) Oldsmobile.
(b) Mercer Raceabout.
(c) Studebaker.
(d) Model T Roadster.

3. What does White first submit to the New Yorker?
(a) Long columns and poetry.
(b) Short items, long columns, and poetry.
(c) Long columns and short items.
(d) Short items and poetry.

4. How much are White and Cushman offered by the Buffalo Times for their daily column?
(a) Three dollars each.
(b) Two dollars each.
(c) One dollar each.
(d) Four dollars each.

5. When does White begin living with three other Cornell graduates?
(a) September, 1927.
(b) November, 1926.
(c) November, 1925.
(d) September, 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Kentucky newspaper publishes White's sonnet about a race's winning horse?

2. What job does White have while living with his parents in New York?

3. For which newspaper is White a campus reporter?

4. Where were E.B. White's parents born?

5. What phrase does White use to describe the office he and James Thurber share?

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